🧠AI Collective NYC 🧠x Tandem AI: Research Roundtable with Nvidia
​About Event
​​​Building on the momentum of our last research-focused event, we're excited to announce our next Research Roundtable in NYC with Tandem AI! Join us for an insightful event where we delve into the latest work being done by the Nvidia NeMo team. We'll be diving deep into the technological forefront of the field, directly engaging with the researchers making it all possible.
​​Who Should Attend
​​This event is designed for researchers, engineers, founders, investors, and all enthusiasts passionate about the latest in Generative AI.
​​What to Expect
​​Speaker Presentations: Learn from top researchers about the latest in AI research.
​​Interactive Q&A Sessions: Engage with experts, ask questions, and gain a deeper understanding of the topics discussed.
​​Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded professionals, exchange ideas, and explore collaborative opportunities in the field of Generative AI and software development.
​​Event Details
​​6:15 Doors Open
​​6:30 - 7:00 Networking w/ Food and Drinks
​​7:00 - 8:00 Speaker Sessions
​​8:00 - 9:00 More Networking
​​Featured Researchers
​This event will feature two distinguished speakers from NVIDIA:
​Shubham Toshniwal is a Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA, where he builds cutting-edge mathematical reasoning models. He co-authored the winning AIMO-2 submission, creating one of the largest math reasoning datasets to date. He also introduced GenSelect, a generative approach that pushes LLMs beyond traditional solution scoring. Shubham’s work bridges deep reasoning, code execution, and generative selection to advance AI research.
​Shuoyang Ding is a Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA, where he develops advanced algorithms for reasoning across speech and text. His work focuses on pushing the boundaries of how AI systems understand, process, and generate multimodal information. Previously, he contributed to AWS AI products such as Amazon Translate, Amazon Q for Business, and Amazon Titan Text Embeddings. Shuoyang earned his PhD from Johns Hopkins University, with research spanning machine translation, NLP, and explainable AI.
​​​As always, food and drink, engaging conversation, and incredible company will all be provided!
​​​We look forward to seeing you there!
​​​​​Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events, and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please keep applying! We appreciate your application tremendously, and we are looking forward to seeing you at a future event very soon!
​Your Host
​AI Collective is a growing community of 70,000+ founders, researchers, operators, and investors built around a shared curiosity for AI. Through incredible in-person events and vibrant online forums, members leverage their diverse perspectives and innovative minds to foster meaningful relationships, solve challenging problems, and define the future of AI.
​​Thank you to Tandem AI for hosting us at their office space! Tandem AI is reimagining drug discovery by uniting cutting-edge AI, physics-based algorithms, and wet lab experimentation into a seamless, collaborative platform. With over 350 global experts and solutions like TandemViz™, Tandem AI empowers teams to design, manage, and accelerate discovery pipelines in one integrated workspace. By hosting events and fostering partnerships, Tandem AI builds a vibrant community at the intersection of science, technology, and innovation. Driven by collaboration and innovation, Tandem AI is opening new pathways to discovery for researchers worldwide.
​Your Organizers
​​Prithvi Rajasekaran is an Applied AI Engineer @ Anthropic and leads the GenAI Collective in NYC. His past experience includes work at MIT's Auto ID Lab and C3 AI, where he developed AI applications for Fortune 500 companies and led Applied AI research projects on IoT, voice recognition, and medical use cases.
​Royi Rozen is an entrepreneur and part of Cornell Tech, where he explores how XR (Extended Reality) and AI technologies can enhance patient care and reduce medical errors in hospital environments. With experience ranging from immersive storytelling to therapeutic tools, Royi is passionate about creating real-world impact in emergency departments and beyond. He is currently working on a new venture in HealthTech supported by the NSF I-Corps and Cornell Tech.
​​Alex Pizzirani is a quantitative researcher at AllianceBernstein L.P.
​​Saurav Velleleth is a Solutions Architect at Cohere, advising enterprises on building AI systems. He was previously at Retool and C3 AI, as well as a co-founder of Dogwood Technology Associates.
​​​Rahul Verma leads partnerships for the GenAI Collective in New York, connecting the chapter with businesses and other organizations in the city's AI ecosystem. He works as a Senior Software Engineer at AppliedXL, where he architects LLM-based pipelines that deliver insights for leading investment researchers, newsrooms, and industry analysts.
​Questions, comments, concerns? Reach out to us at [email protected].